Gary Meers, Ed.D.

About me

I am an Education Advisor/Consultant for MaxKnowledge. I write courses that assist in the professional development of career college instructors. These courses range in content from the introductory level to advanced instructional development. I started my teaching career as an instructional technology teacher on the high school level, completed graduate school and then moved into higher education. I spent many years in the area of teacher training at the University of Nebraska. While at the University of Nebraska I stared working with career college instructors to improve their instructional delivery skills. As a result of these experiences I have been a consultant to career colleges throughout the United States and a number of foreign countries.

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Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Using a Well-prepared Syllabus

Sherri, Good point about the value of a well prepared syllabus plus how it reduces student questions because it is there in print. This way you can refer back to it and reinforce that this is the requirement for the course and has been since the first class meeting. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Using a Well-prepared Syllabus

Amy, You are priming their minds for learning with this approach. They from the first class meeting get an idea that this is going to be an informative and beneficial class well worth their investment of time and money. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Your Instructional Style

Jeff, I like to do this as well. I always come away with something new or different I can use in my own classes. Fun way to expand my instructional delivery abilities. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Your Instructional Style

Madelyn, Rapport is a strong motivator as well as helping with student engagement. The more we can encourage and earn the respect of our students the greater the rapport is going to be. This sets up a positive class environment for everyone. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Your Instructional Style

Amy, It is a great feeling to go into a course and know you are current with your content and prepared to deliver it. This makes for an informative class session for everyone. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Engaging Learners in Discussion

Joyce, Good way to share the information and reduce student frustrations. The use of a grading rubric is essential in my opinion because through the use of the rubric you show the students where they earned points and how points were lost. This reduces the questions about receiving a score of 75 out of 100 on a project with no other information given. A rubric informs and guides the discussion about project scores in a way that is informative and helpful. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Faculty Expectations

Joyce, I really like this supportive and comfortable approach to starting a new class. This way everyone can get settled in and see what is going to occur in the upcoming course sessions. By offering technical solutions to possible problems you are helping to reduce the nerves and worries of the students and this is critical if they are going to become engaged in the course. Well done. Thanks for sharing this format with us. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Making Instruction Relevant

Laura, This is such a great way to get them to see the value of a gen ed course. I teach such a course and I have to work hard to get them to see the value of my course. I bring in guest speakers, take field trips, and share content in media form to get them engaged. The more they see how what I teach can be used in their everyday lives not to mention their future careers the more the light bulbs come on. We go from a 10watt to 200wat over the course of the session. Gary… >>>

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Adapting Your Instructional Strategy

Dawn, Sounds like you have developed a strategy to balance the two areas of learning to achieve your course goals. The more you can blend strategies the higher the learning level is going to be. This is an effective learning design. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Developing Student Rapport

Stacy, Right you are. Respect is earned as the students start the class. You earn their respect while they are earning yours. Then you can help them to develop rapport with you and the other students. This then transfers over to the patients and everyone benefits. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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